Gbolade Akinwale
Gbolade Akinwale is a Nigerian historian and writer dedicated to shedding light on the full range of the nation’s past. His work cuts across timelines and topics, exploring power, people, memory, resistance, identity, and everyday life. With a voice grounded in truth and clarity, he treats history not just as record, but as a tool for understanding, reclaiming, and reimagining Nigeria’s future.
Ancient & Pre-Colonial Nigeria
Alaafin Olúàṣo of Oyo and the Enduring Memory of an Early Yoruba King
Alaafin Olúàṣo is remembered as one of the early rulers in the long history...
Ancient & Pre-Colonial Nigeria
Oba Oyekan I and the Quiet Decline of Royal Power in Colonial Lagos
Oba Oyekan I became the ruler of Lagos in 1885 after the death of...
Ancient & Pre-Colonial Nigeria
The Fall of Okikilu and the End of Old Egba Rule
Before the nineteenth century city of Abeokuta came into existence, the Egba people lived...